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New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) More than two months after he was suspended for lashing out at the party leadership, former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane was Monday taken back into the Congress. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has accepted the proposal of revoking the suspension of Narayan Rane. The proposal was given by Defence Minister A.K. Antony, who is also the general secretary in charge of ... Full story

Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to hold a cabinet meeting Tuesday under a makeshift canopy in a village, for the first time in the history of the state, an official said Monday. Nitish Kumar would convene the meeting at Barbighee village under Balia block of Begusarai district, about 125 km from here. The chief minister would also camp overnight in ... Full story

All the business tycoons and the youth of India have already put their seal on the next powerful and promising Prime Minister of India. Yes, it’s not L.K. Advani but Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Modi, who has become the favorite among the investors – for instance, the Tata Inc, is the suitable candidate for the post of Indian Premier. Though it was Advani who had ... Full story

M.K.Gupta the PWD Executive Engineer, who was murdered by Mr. Tiwari, the MLA of Mayavati’s SP, can surely be the slumdog but not a millionaire. Well, things have started getting worst not only for the Mayavati govt. but also for the democratic design of our country. If our janata has forgotten the name, let them be reminded about this unfortunate government servant, Gupta; he was ... Full story

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) West Bengal’s principal opposition party Trinamool Congress Friday wrested the Nandigram assembly constituency from the ruling Left Front by a huge margin in the Jan 5 by-poll. The area has achieved notoriety in the last two years for the violence associated with the aborted land acquisition for a chemical engineering complex. Trinamool Congress nominee Firoza Bibi won by a margin of 39,551 ... Full story

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party Thursday alleged it was being sidelined by alliance partner the Congress on the issues of terrorism and dealing with Pakistan and said it would discuss its support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Jan 14 at a parliamentary board meeting.Voicing the party’s unhappiness, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh here said: “We are part of the ... Full story

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) After creating a flutter in the BJP with his decision to contest elections, former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Thursday caused further embarrassment when he suggested that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee join the electoral fray and retorted that party president Rajnath Singh did not “bother” him. Alleging “political degeneration” in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the veteran leader, ... Full story

Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Thursday lost an assembly by-election that he needed to win to remain in power, prompting the state’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to demand his resignation and fresh assembly polls.Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) lost the Tamar constituency by-election by 9,062 votes to Raja Peter of the Jharkhand Party - a constituent of the ... Full story

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Bollywood film star Sanjay Dutt will be the Samajwadi Party candidate to contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow, the party announced here Thursday.Party general secretary Amar Singh told reporters that if Dutt was disallowed from contesting the elections because of the criminal cases against him, the party would move the Election Commission or the Supreme Court. “Dutt told me ... Full story

Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Thursday lost a key assembly by-election he needed to win to remain in his post, officials said.Soren lost from Tamar constituency by about 9,000 votes to Raja Peter of the Jharkhand Party, a member of the ruling alliance led by the JMM, Election Commission officials said. Soren became chief minister in ... Full story